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Necklace
Necklace
Necklace

Necklace

Date1973
Place madeMASAI TERRITORY, KENYA, AFRICA
Mediumsynthetic, wire
DimensionsLargest: 1/8 × 10 in. (0.3 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsAdornment
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Patricia Sanders Barylski, A.1989.8.1v
Object numberA.1989.8.1v
Description3 pieces: overlapping rings of graduated sizes. Beads strung on stiff wire. Each segment is circular, has 5-8 rows of beads which are black and orange, arranged so colors are in blocks punctuated by white. Smallest segment has a red-orange bead-like pendant.
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